#stoicism
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The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive. #stoicism #life #philosophy
One of the most important teachings of #Stoicism is: if you can't change it, don't waste time worrying about it.
Which is a damn good thing to do – if you can do it. I personally find this particular precept very challenging.
While walking my dog just now, a bird pooped exactly between my hat and scarf. I was told I was lucky. I agreed, got home and washed my head. That's it!
It could be a whole nation with a president shitting on millions, spreading shit everywhere!
P. S. I was coincidentally listening to an episode from the Daily Stoic podcast.
"The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new." #stoicism #life #philosophy
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response." #stoicism #life #philosophy
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear." #stoicism #life #philosophy
If I cannot do great things, I can do small things ina great way. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Remind yourself what you've been through and what you've had the strength to endure." #stoicism #life #philosophy
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"To the wise, life is a problem, to the fool, a solution." #stoicism #life #philosophy
@DailyStoic@mas.toHappiness is a quality of the soul…not a function of one’s material circumstances
— Aristotle
"Remind yourself what you've been through and what you've had the strength to endure." #stoicism #life #philosophy
Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different: That's your source of power. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests." #stoicism #life #philosophy
